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Adjective
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This led Liu to wonder if these pliant electronics might keep up with the mutable nature of embryonic brains.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2025 -
Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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This actually perfect pie crust is very, very pliable.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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This causes the eardrum, a thin, pliable membrane, to stretch.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Strategies will remain flexible to adjust to changing fire behavior, terrain, and resource availability.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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By learning from nature’s most flexible swimmer, the octopus, researchers hope to overcome these challenges and make underwater machines more capable, adaptable, and sustainable.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Made with an elastic waistband and an easy slip-on design (no buttons, no problem), these travel pants are ideal for both the plane and the office.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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This style is similar to Vivaia’s with its lace-up closure and elastic backing that forms to your heel.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Secondskin is incredibly supple—think glove leather but with the durability to handle actual travel.—
Dan Michel,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2025
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Commerce writer Julia Harrison has been testing the Fritz Hansen Series 7 office chair for the last few months and loves the supple leather upholstery and high-back seat.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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Unique Props and Figurines From plastic skeletons posed in mid-dance to rubber bats and ceramic black cats, vintage Halloween props add personality and whimsy to your displays.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Aug. 2025
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Around 20 elephants died over an eight-year period at a single site in Ampara after consuming indigestible food wrappers and other plastic waste.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Semiflexible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiflexible. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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